Full Text of SR0601 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Lyle Welch Royal of Virden, who passed | 4 | | away on August 16, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Royal was born on January 19, 1920 in | 6 | | Swinton, Missouri to Lyman W. and Mary C. (nee Long) Royal; he | 7 | | graduated from Advance High School in Advance, Missouri and | 8 | | enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, serving his | 9 | | country in the Pacific Theater during World War II; he married | 10 | | Virginia Margaret Norman in Pascagoula, Mississippi on March 6, | 11 | | 1943 and settled in Cahokia; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Royal owned and operated Royal's Highway | 13 | | Service Station from 1950-1955; after selling the business, he | 14 | | worked at Parks Bi-State Airport and later became Supervisor of | 15 | | Transportation for Cahokia School District #187; he began his | 16 | | teaching career as a vocational education instructor at Cahokia | 17 | | High School, retiring in 1985; following retirement, he and his | 18 | | wife moved to Virden; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Royal achieved his dream of obtaining a | 20 | | college education when he was in his 50's by earning both his | 21 | | bachelor's degree and master's degree from Southern Illinois | 22 | | University in Carbondale; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, While living in Cahokia, Lyle Royal was a member | 2 | | of Maplewood Park Baptist Church, the Emeth Masonic Lodge #1030 | 3 | | Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Exchange and Optimist | 4 | | Clubs; upon moving to Virden, he joined the Grace Southern | 5 | | Baptist Church, where he served as deacon; he was an active | 6 | | member of American Legion Post #386 and an avid supporter of | 7 | | the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Royal was preceded in death by his parents | 9 | | and by his brother, Gerland "Rusty" Royal; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lyle Royal is survived by his wife of 70 years, | 11 | | Margaret; his daughters, Elaine (Robert) Harrell and Cecilia | 12 | | (Douglas) Pitchford; his grandchildren, Rebecca (Jeffrey) | 13 | | Caldwell, Cynthia (Brandon) Shafer, Erick Pitchford, and Tyler | 14 | | (Janna) Pitchford; his great-grandchildren, Ethan and Avery | 15 | | Caldwell, Corban, Eliana, and Jude Shafer, Lucas Pitchford, and | 16 | | Madelynn and Meredith Pitchford; his sisters-in-law, Mary | 17 | | Royal and Dorothy Norman; and several nieces, nephews, | 18 | | great-nieces, great-nephews, and other extended family and | 19 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Lyle Welch Royal, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Lyle Royal as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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